Heavy rain across South Canterbury on Saturday caused surface flooding in some places, with a Waimate station receiving the most rainfall in the country on that day. On Sunday, MetService meteorologist Jessie Owen said the Waimate Forest station experienced some of the greatest rainfall in the country over the previous 48 hours. “A few stations in the Canterbury High Country got 85 to 90 millimetres of rain, but a station at Geraldine Forest got to 122mm,” she said. READ MORE:* South Canterbury towns included in multiple lists in Niwa's annual climate summary* May rainfall records broken in Lake Takapō/Tekapo* What's on in South Canterbury: February 26-28, 2021“But a Waimate Forest Station recorded 137mm of rainfall. “That was the highest level of rainfall in the country on Saturday.”Owen said the Waimate area had three times its average November rainfall in one day on Saturday.

Source: Stuff November 20, 2022 22:07 UTC